Necktie rack



y 1938- A. KGHLER 2,118,611

NECKTIE RACK Filed Feb. 15, 195'? INVENTOR ALFRED fins/um Pasta 111.,24, 1938 2,118,611

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIE RACK Alfred Kiihler, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application February 15, 1937, Serial No. 125,774

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-99) This invention relates to racks for the disposalnumeral 5 designates in general a conventional of neckties of thelengthy, four-in-hand type door, having panels 6 set between the sides,and and of miscellaneous flexible articles. cross-pieces l of the door.

Wearers of ties usually have an assortment from Attached to one of theupper cross pieces are 5 which to select in accordance with the occasionthe flanges 8 and 9 of spring brackets l and II, and season, as fashionand custom may dictate. the latter having a circular depression l2 in.,its

An assorted collection of ties disposed hapinner face. hazardly in acase, drawer or the like, soon become A pair of bars l5, preferablywooden, shown as creased and out of shape, presenting a worn, oblongrectangles, are connected at widely spaced dilapidated appearance,annoying to a well intervals by a plurality of smooth-surfaced l0dressed person. wooden rungs N of circular cross-section and of While itis known, that wire racks are available, considerable diameter, on whichthe ties are to the small diameter of the supporting wires prorepose, asindicated in Figure 1. duces a sharp bend in the ties. They are fur- Theupper ends of the bars l5 are engaged by ther objectionable because ofthe difficulty in clamp screws l'l passing through appropriate 15properly adjusting the ties on them, and furtheropenings in the bracketsI0 and H, and disposed more require considerable space for the disposalintermediate the inner faces of the brackets and of a large assortmentof ties. adjacent surfaces of the bars are friction washers Having thesematters in mind, it is an object l8, one of which is adapted to engagein the deof the present invention to produce a tie rack, pression I2sufficiently to retain 'the rack when 20 which avoids the mentioneddisadvantages, while extended horizontally, as seen in the broken linesY fulfilling its purpose in an efilcient manner. in Figure 1, therebygreatly facilitating the dis- A further feature is in the provision of arack posal and removal of a selected tie from the rack. having rungs ofsuch diameter, as to avoid sharp Although the foregoing is descriptiveof the bends in the tie body, and to arrange the rack best knownembodiment of the tie rack, it is so, that ties may be easily displayedthereon and apparent that minor changes could be made in readilyremoved. its construction without departing from the scope Anotherpurpose is to produce a rack adapted and substance of the claim heretoappended. to occupy a minimum of space, ordinarily unused, Hawng thusdescribed the invention and set and which may be held horizontallyextending or for the manner of its construction and use, what 30 hangnormally in a pendant position, is claimed as new and sought to secureby Letters These and other meritorious objects such as Patent, is:economical construction, pleasing appearance and In a tie rack, a pairof spaced straight flat bars practical use are accomplished by thenovel, conhaving large diametered tie supporting rungs sestruction andcombination of few and simple cured therebetween, a pair ofwall-attached 35 parts, hereinafter described and illustrated in thespring brackets each having a fixed flange, at accompanying drawing,constituting a material least one of said brackets having a depressionin component of this disclosure, and in which: its inner face, pivotscrews carried by said Figure 1 is a perspective View of an embodimentbrackets and engaging said bars, and a friction of the invention,showing its application. washer on the screw carried by the brackethaving Figure 2 is a top plan view, partially in section, saiddepression, said washer being engageable in of the device, drawn to anenlarged scale. the bracket depression.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing, the ALFRED KC'JHLER.

